Israeli Religious Schools to Teach Teens Sex Ed
Students attending national religious schools are to begin studying a new subject next year - sex education, Yedioth Ahronoth reported.
The new course, titled “Home, education and family,” will deal with contraception, premarital relationships, modesty and the status of women. It is also to deal with “family purity,” or the Jewish law that addresses married couples’ conduct during menstruation.
The subject, which has gone largely unaddressed in the national religious education system, has received the rabbinical seal of approval. It is to be taught in system’s coed high schools, as well as the ulpana and yeshiva high schools.
The course material is primarily based on a book penned by Rabbi Eli Sheinfeld of the Chorev Yeshiva, titled “Nature, Heart and Mankind,” which is considered to be the undisputed authority on religious sex education.
This will probably cause an uproar in some circles, but I think this is actually a very good idea that is long overdue.